Belt-buckle.



H. BEAUDRY.

. BEU BUCKLE.

APPLICATION man MAR. 15, 1915.

Patented Jan, l5, 1915i www.,

HENRI BEAUDRY, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BELT-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

limatented dan.. 1159 Mild.

Application filed March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,408.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRI BEAUDRY, of the city of Montreal, in theProvince of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements` inBelt-Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact de* scription of the same.

My invention relates particularly to means carried by the buckle forattaching theends/ of a belt together, and for preventing verticaldisplacement of the attached ends of the belt. The invention has for itsobject to provide for this purpose a buckle having a tongue and providedwith a device distinct from the tongue and carried by the frame of thebuckle to engage the top fastening of the trousers of the wearer.

The invention consists of a buckle, the frame of which carries inaddition to the tongue a device presenting a linger extending parallelto the plane of the buckle-frame and spaced from the latter toaccommodate the thickness of the material of which the trousers aremade.

For full comprehension of my invention further reference must be made tothe accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters indicatethe same parts, and wherein:

Figure l is a top view of the ends of a belt with the frame of myimproved buckle in longitudinal sectional view on line A-A, Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a front view with a portion of one end of the belt broken awayto show the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the buckle looking from the rear thereofconstructed according to the preferred embodiment of my inventionremoved.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate in a similar manner as Fig. 3, two modicationsof my invention.

rIhe frame of the buckle is substantially rectangular in plan view, therear and front bars being indicated at b and c respectively, the sidebars at cl and at e.

A disadvantage experienced with buckles of this type7 when used tofasten the ends of belts for supporting trousers, is that the buckledends become displaced, usually upwardly, and the belt fails to performits function. This is overcome by my present invention by permanentlyattaching a hook to the buckle-frame and adapting it to engage one sideof the front opening below the top fastening, and thus causing` this topfastening to prevent the undesirable upward displacement.

Referring first to Figs. l, 2, and 3. 1lhe hook in these cases consistsof a single. strand of wire, having one end g bent around the rear bar bof the buckle and gripped in place by flattening7 as at 7n, the top andbottom sides of the engaged part and a portion of the rear bar of thebuckle, which it engages, thus preventing rotation and lateraldisplacement of the hook on the bar. rihe remainder of this length ofwire is bent to the form of a hook L.

Referring to Fig. 4: The hook in this case consists of a strand of wirefolded upon itself to double its thickness and bent to the form of ahook m, the ends being ottset in opposite directions as at n and bentaround the rear bar in close proximity to the side bars; this rear barbeing flattened, as at It where each end of the hook engages it, toprevent rotation of the hook on the bar, lateral displacement beingprevented by the spread of the ends and their location in closeproximity to the sides of the buckle-frame.

Fig. 5: rlhe hook is formed by havin()l the ends of the piece of wirebent around the side bars of the buckle-frame, thus forming the hookfrom a single strand of wire into transverse legs n and finger m whichlatter is of double thickness and offset from the legs 2f to provide thenecessary space between the finger m of the hook and the rear side 0fthe buckle, to accommodate the material of the trousers.

l/Vhat l claim is as follows:

l. A trousers supporting belt buckle comprising a frame, a tonguepivoted upon the frame and a hook distinct from the frame and tongue andrigidly secured to the former and extending parallel to the plane of thetongue, said hook consisting of a single strand of wire having one endfastened to the frame adjacent to the said tongue and having itsopposite end bent back and extending to within close proximity of itsfirst-mentioned end whereby the bent back portion may engage a button onthe trousers and prevent vertical displace ment of the buckle thereon.

2. A trousers supporting belt buckle comprising a frame, a tonguepivoted upon the frame and a book distinct from the frame and tongue andrigidly secured to the former and extending parallel to the plane of thetongue, said hook consisting of a single strand of Wire having one endbent around the frame adjacent to the said tongue and having itsopposite end bent back and extending to Within close proximity of itsirst mentioned end whereby the bent back portion may engage a button onthe trousers and prevent vertical displacement of the buckle thereon. Y

3. A trousers-supporting belt-buckle comprising a frame, a tonguepivoted upon one end of the frame and a relatively narrow hook distinctfrom the frame and tongue and rigidly secured to the former andextending parallel to the plane of the tongue,

said tongue consisting of a single strand of Wire fastened to the frameand having its sides bent together in said narrow hook form with its enddisposed Within close proximity of the end of the frame to which thetongue is pivoted whereby the said end may engage the device forfastening the trousers, for the purpose of preventing verticaldisplacement of the buckle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in theYpresence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM HEWETSON, GORDON G. COOKE.

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Washington, D. C.

